Legal Opinion
Nazirmohammad I. Vah v. Eric H. Hol
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 25, 2013No. 11-3189PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Nazirmohammad I. Vahora is a citizen of India. He is also Muslim. In 2002, a train caught fire in Gujarat, India, where he lived. Many Hindu pilgrims and activists were killed, and violence between Hin dus and Muslims followed. Vahora testified that he and several Muslim friends were shot in the days after the train fire by local Hindu religious or political leaders, and that these persons continued to pursue him throughout India in the four years he remained there. The Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirmed the immigration judge’s conclusion that the…
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